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The Over-Scheduled Child: Avoiding the Hyper-Parenting Trap
Do you find yourself asking "Whose life is it anyway?" Parenting today has come to resemble a relentless to-do list. Even parents with the best intentions strive to micro-manage every detail of their kids' lives and live in constant fear that their child will under-perform in any area--academic, social, athletic. Lists and schedules, meetings and appointment...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
April 7th 2001
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published 2001)
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So, I do feel like I need to qualify why I read this book, so here it is: I am giving a presentation on the benefits of extracurricular activities verses the dangers of over-scheduling your children. Seeing how I have no experience with this myself, I wanted to see what the experts were saying. It definitely helped me out and likely could be really useful to parents (the intended audience). Even as nothing more than a want-to-be at this point in my life, I did think it was useful not only for...more
This book should be required reading for every parent. I wish I would have read it even back when I was pregnant with my first child. If you don't think you fall into any of these "traps", I promise you that you'll catch yourself many times after reading this book. In fact, I probably should read it again from time to time just to remind myself.......
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